Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
This webpage is a centralized hub for resources related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from organizations across British Columbia, as well as key national and international research. We will continue to update this webpage as further resources become available.
Sponsorship Breakdown
Sponsorship Breakdown is for permanent residents who need help when the person sponsoring them in Canada will no longer support them and they are unable to support themselves.
Representing Yourself in a Criminal Trial
The booklet explains what happens when an accused person wants to plead not guilty to a summary offence. Itโs designed to guide a self-represented person through the basic steps in the court process both before and at a trial.
Race, Gendered Violence, and the Rights of Women with Precarious Immigration Status
This toolkit has been written for service providers who assist racialized women living with precarious immigration status in Ontario and explores the relationship between race, gender, and immigration status.
The Intersectional Oppressions of South Asian Immigrant Women and Vulnerability to Domestic Violence: A Case Study
The authors of this paper bring together social work and law to discuss various factors that contribute to the multiple oppressions experienced by South Asian immigrant women in Canada. The paper also focuses on the particular vulnerability newcomer immigrant women can face in situations of domestic violence.
#SurvivedAndPunished: Survivor Defense as Abolitionist Praxis
This toolkit is a collection of tools, tips, lessons and resources developed through organizing experiences to support criminalized survivors through survivors defense committees. Survivor defense committees are critical because they help to secure freedom for criminalized survivors.
Was I Drugged and Sexually Assaulted?
This is a resource on what you should know if you think you may have been drugged and sexually assaulted.
Warning Signs Of High Risk Factors For When Women Are Killed
The Domestic Violence Death Review Committee of Ontario reviewed 267 domestic violence cases between 2003-2015 that resulted in domestic homicide (i.e. the abuser killed the person he was abusing). This resource details the 10 most common risk factors.
Drawing the Line on Sexual Violence: A Guide for Ontario Educators
Drawing the Line on Sexual Violence was written by Ontario educators in collaboration with White Ribbon to support teachers in raising awareness among their students about topics relating to sexual violence prevention.